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Obama made a HUGE mistake when he called out the Cambridge police. He kept saying "my understanding of the situation" which I took to imply that he was trying to be careful that his words not be quoted as fact of what actually happened. However, by condemning the Cambridge police, I'd say he was giving the implication that what he was saying WAS fact!

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The police will lose on this one. When I heard this last night I remembered the discussion here. I went looking for press reports. Gate's attorney says when Gates was asked for id he furnished both Harvard ID and Mass. D.L.immediately.

I'm wondering if some reports have been sanitized? It seems most support Gates, and with the president weighing in, I think Cambridge police lose.

I guess the police officer who appears to be Black does not count as a voice of authority???

Z, have you see this in an article about the police officer (Crowley) refusing to apologize:

He tells The Dennis & Callahan Morning Show that Gates refused to answer whether there was someone in the house with him. He also says he asked Gates to step outside for the officer's "own safety."

Crowley tells WEEI that Gates was very upset from the beginning. "It's not just what he said, but how he said it. It was somewhat peculiar."

The police officer also says he asked Gates for a driver's license even after seeing his Harvard I.D. because the university document does not include an address, which would have verified that Gates was, in fact, in his own home.

Crowley says Gates followed him outside and continued to speak loudly, and that the officer twice warned him about possible arrest, the second time while holding a pair of handcuffs.

There is also a link to the police report which it appears has been taken down by the Cambridge police but a snapshop saved by two conservative websites.

Maggie, thanks...he could have asked him if anyone was inside because burglars can intimidate and tell you to say they're your friend.....

Great thing that the cop's not backing down; The Yahoo homepage is actually mentioning how Obama say the police "acted stupidly"...sort of like Murtha dumping on our troops before he knew the facts. Or maybe facts he wanted to believe were different?

Obama's the story, in my opinion. HOW DARE HIM? How could he say that without having been certain what he'd heard was right? That scared me, I swear.

CS....I hope you're wrong. It so often does feel as if he feels America's really done nothing good, doesn't it...and as if everything is about slavery sometimes and how oppressed Americans are. How I wish he was a Black President who'd say "We need to MOVE ON...most people aren't racists......let's get all our kids educated, our economy going, live up to all our potentials.." I can dream

Ducky, there's one blogger I just read (and promptly forgot WHERE, sadly) who's saying this WOULD be the perfect thing for the media to have thrown in last night during the questioning on the health care thing...it would redirect from the fact that things didn't go too well for Obama.Good point, Ducky.

Man, if things are THIS planned and staged, it's getting REAL SCARY, Ducky.

That cop's a hero if he sticks to his guns (so to speak!) and I think he will. We need to get PAST this "You can't do ANYTHING to a Black man because THEn you're a RACIST" stuff.......maybe this will help. I'd like to think Dr. King would be smiling....

NO WAY should anybody be profiled just for color ...NO WAY......but maybe if Black people stopped yelling RACISM when it's not there, cops could relax and better do their jobs...arresting guilty people. regardless of color

There are so many cases of rogue policemen on power trips and many cases of racial profiling, and wouldn't defend any of them on a bet. But the officer here was responding to a call, hence there was no profiling on his part. He was simply doing his job.

The other point Gates might do well to consider: The next time there is a call of someone breaking into his house, the cops may not be so fast to respond.

Z,I did a post on this. I had a similar experience although in wasn't the POTUS, I not that important. Obama was way out of line on this one, even commenting on it. This is a local matter not one for the POTUS. Good points on yours. I didn't listen to Obama, so I got the heads up from you and researched it.

Z - that traffic ticket link - that's good stuff. Just add it to the list: pot, depression, booze (???) and a black man's anger. So much to need pot for, so many reasons for angst (see his books) and anger. After all, he was a poor boy of mixed race attending HARVARD...and the pressure was just too much.

When you are important, you needn't pay your traffic tickets. Maybe the Cambridge police were "stupid" for not hauling him in.

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